LSU Physicist James Matthews and an international team of scientists are reconstructing the path of the universe's most energetic cosmic rays, bringing new insights into the origin and nature of this intergalactic phenomenon. ...
Astronomy
Dec 15, 2015
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Bob Zwaska, a scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab, was watching a contestant on the cooking show Chopped spin sugar for their dessert when he realized the same principle might be applicable to accelerator ...
General Physics
Apr 16, 2019
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With the introduction of CBETA, the Cornell-Brookhaven ERL Test Accelerator, Cornell University and Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists are following up on the concept of energy-recovering particle accelerators first ...
General Physics
Jul 06, 2017
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Researchers at LMU have built the first-ever laser-driven particle accelerator that can generate pairs of electron beams with different energies.
General Physics
Feb 22, 2019
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The world's most advanced particle accelerator for investigating the quark structure of matter is gearing up to begin its first experiments following official completion of an upgrade to triple its original design energy. ...
General Physics
Dec 04, 2017
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DESY has successfully concluded tests of the first section of the particle accelerator for the European X-ray free-electron laser, European XFEL. The so-called electron injector, which is 30 metres long, performed distinctly ...
General Physics
Jul 26, 2016
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s research funding dwindles in the United States and abroad, scientists need to rethink their methods for supporting the most promising projects—and how they communicate the meaningful results of that work to the public, ...
Other
Feb 13, 2013
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Particle accelerators are made of structures called cavities, which impart energy to the particle beam, kicking it forward. One type of cavity is the superconducting radio-frequency, or SRF, cavity. Usually made of niobium, ...
General Physics
Oct 18, 2018
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In the coming decades, as we gear up for a more in-depth search for life on Mars, as well as visits to potentially habitable ocean moons in the outer Solar System, should scientists start addressing the ethical concerns of ...
Space Exploration
Aug 13, 2018
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Following the intensive commissioning phase of the largest Cherenkov telescope worldwide (H.E.S.S. CT5), the H.E.S.S. collaboration has announced the detection of cosmic gamma rays of 30 gigaelectronvolts (GeV). The High ...
Astronomy
Jul 08, 2014
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